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A maintained list of 1,432 directories, launch platforms, registries and marketplaces that accept product submissions. 1,134 of them are free or have a free tier, and 192 are quick wins — free, low effort, and worth doing first. Every row shows cost, effort and priority, and links straight to the submission page.
Create clean founder/product profile linking your tool.
Sign up then submit/claim AI tool listing.
Create visual link hub for your tool categories.
Submit as Product Hunt/Uneed-style launch alternative.
Submit if reciprocal-link policy is acceptable or use paid tier.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create your tool link hub for top pages.
Create boards for PDF/image/calculator tools linking pages.
List software in relevant category.
Create software listing/vendor profile.
Submit smaller focused feature launch.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create profile, build-in-public threads, link homepage.
Submit your tool to product-launch/tools category.
After security readiness, launch a properly scoped public VDP or bounty program with safe-harbor language, assets, response SLAs and funded rewards where applicable.
Publish useful browser extension linking your tool.
Publish UI/brand case study for your tool.
Create public repo for embed SDK/example package.
Create founder/brand profile linking your tool.
Create business citation profile.
Host privacy-friendly OSS helper repo linking your tool.
Publish open-source helper image only if useful.
Create business listing.
Publish design asset or privacy checklist template.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Eligible if your component is open-sourced.
Create profile; share privacy-first tools in relevant communities.
Answer relevant questions genuinely; profile links to your tool.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create visual/tool tip microblog with canonical links.
Create an account and submit your tool with URL, category and concise product copy.
Create tool-of-the-week newsletter linking your tool.
Behind the list
Every row here starts as a line in a sheet, gets normalised into one of 15 groups, scored for cost, effort and impact, and written up with the steps to actually submit. The floor below represents that pipeline.
Open the sheet viewAn illustration of the AltF Backlinks floor: opportunities sourced at the back, vetted for cost and effort by the engineering pod, written up for outreach by the design pod, then tracked to placement along a line.
One-shot launches where timing and preparation decide the outcome.
Fast-growing listings specifically for AI-powered tools.
Extension, plugin and integration stores. Real review processes, real distribution.
Startup listings, beta lists and founder media.
General tool and software catalogues with real search traffic.
B2B review sites. Slow to approve, strong once live.
Package, image and docs hosting that carries real authority.
Showcases judged on craft. A good screenshot matters more than copy.
Write once, link back. Editorial standards vary widely.
Get quoted or distribute a release. Slower, higher ceiling.
Company and local listings. Unglamorous, consistently indexed.
Owned pages you control: company, founder, knowledge-panel entities.
Answer real questions. Never drop a bare link.
Brand surface and referral traffic more than link equity.
Everything that does not fit the buckets above.